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"After shaking her hand, I went out and had like five cigarettes in a row just to calm myself down. I get starstruck easily": Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on the time he met ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog and had dinner with her

Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back on the time he was starstruck after meeting fellow Swedish legend, Agnetha Fältskog from ABBA

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“It was the most explosive diarrhoea you’ve ever seen in your entire life!” The ballad of Heriot’s Debbie Gough and the guitar shop window pooper

We’ve all had rough days at work, but walking up to your shop’s window and seeing it covered in faeces is a new level of nightmarish

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“They were a gang!” The first band Metallica supported on tour didn’t think the thrashers had a chance in hell of making it big

“‘Do you see them in 10 years being the greatest thing since sliced bread?’ No, not a chance!”

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"A small subset of fans had a practice of showing up to gigs in Nazi regalia." System Of A Down's Serj Tankian on why supporting one iconic metal band was like "rock 'n' roll boot camp"

System Of A Down have a storied career, and Serj has spoken on one of the most challenging support slots the band experienced in their early days

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“The director came up with this idea of flying at me with a helicopter. I thought, This will be the last thing I ever do.” Guns N' Roses guitar hero Slash on the making of the epic music video US President Donald Trump considers the greatest of all time

With over 2.2 billion views on YouTube, Guns N' Roses' epic video for November Rain is one of the most-watched rock videos in history. Guitarist Slash has vivid memories of the shoot, not least because he thought that it might be his last day on earth

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Former Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes dead at 65

The death of John Sykes, whose contributions to Whitesnake spurred them to become one of the biggest-selling bands of the eighties, has been confirmed

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"Don’t call it a happy album!" Katatonia and the story of Sky Void Of Stars

Katatonia's upbeat, up-tempo Sky Void Of Stars was born from the need for adrenaline at a time when the stage felt very far away....

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"You sound sexy": Watch Kid Rock once again prove to be one of the most cringeworthy rockers on the planet as he attempts to flirt with a BBC News reporter during a live TV interview

During an appearance on BBC News ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration, Kid Rock couldn't quite contain himself over hearing the sound of a female journalist's voice and invites said professional skiing

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"When I heard her sing that for the first time, I had tears streaming down my face." Jinjer on their emotional new album - and why it's taken so long to get here

We catch up with Ukrainian metallers Jinjer ahead of new album Duél

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"It’s a break from touring, it’s not a permanent stop." Floor Jansen on Nightwish, Yesterwynde and what comes next

Nightwish might not have been on the road in 2024, but they still put out one of the year's best albums

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“This song is nuts! It’s a very violent, angry call for being a champion of all who deserve it”: Matt Heafy on the classic Trivium song inspired by Muse

How a sci-fi obsessed British rock group influenced a key track on Trivium’s breakthrough Ascendancy album

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“The producer was saying, ‘You guys suck! You can’t play!’ I don’t know if that was a tactic to get us to perform better!”: How Cathedral reinvented doom metal for a new generation

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"Every night I was living out my teenage fantasy." Lzzy Hale talks joining childhood heroes Skid Row

Lzzy Hale grew up watching 80s rock stars on TV. In 2024, she got to be one, playing with a beloved childhood band

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"I terrified and annoyed countless people for decades." Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe on the karma of being cornered by drunks

Sober for 14 years, Lamb Of God frontman says he of all people can't complain about drunkards getting on his nerves

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"The last Tool record ... sounded like spa music." Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta gives brutally honest appraisal of prog metal giants' Fear Inoculum

Tool's Fear Inoculum won praise from just about everyone –but Hatebreed singer Jasta was not a fan

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“It’s the perfect encapsulation of youthful anger… It still sounds feral and savage to this very day”: The cult 1980s classic Ghost frontman Tobias Forge calls the perfect extreme metal album

And no, it’s not by Metallica, Slayer or Mercyful Fate

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“Metal fans are still stigmatised. So I try and write lyrics with meaning, rather than standard metal lyrics”: How Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine set out to bust a few myths with Super Collider

A 2013 audience with an unexpectedly calm and approachable Dave Mustaine

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Why does metal love Vikings so much? We interviewed Grand Magus, Wardruna and a college professor to find out

Grand Magus’s JB Christoffersson, Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and mediaeval history lecturer Simon Trafford explain why heavy music can’t get enough of Viking culture

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“We were weeping like little babies, trying to figure out whether to continue, and if so how”: How HIM pulled back from the brink to make their final album Tears On Tape

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Scorpions postpone Las Vegas residency to allow Mikkey Dee to recover from illness

Scorpions were due to commence their Planet Hollywood residency next month

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"Being sober was a real different experience from a band that was always wrecked": How Mötley Crüe cleaned up and made their biggest album

Drugged up, boozed up and almost washed up, Mötley Crüe went into rehab, came out and recorded a classic of the late-80s LA metal scene: Nikki Sixx takes us back

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Architects, Alien Weaponry and Whitechapel are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Watch masked enigmas Imperial Triumphant become the first metal band to play New York’s iconic Chrysler Building

They achieve the feat in the video for disorienting new single Lexington Delirium, which features spoken-word narration from Meshuggah’s Tomas Haake

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"I thought, What is this? I don't understand what I'm hearing, but wow!" Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on the "life-changing" record which blew his teenage mind, and why soft rock legends Barry Manilow and Billy Joel may have influenced his songwriting

Trent Reznor testifies to the mind-expanding wonders of his teenage record collection

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Haken guitarist Charlie Griffiths unveils new Tiktaalika project

Haken's Charlie Griffiths will release his second solo album Gods Of Pangea under the Tiktaalika banner in March

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